The Politicization of COVID-19

Halpern, Lucy Wang

doi:10.1097/01.naj.0000721912.74581.d7

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“…The second most common reason for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine was mistrust in the vaccine. While mistrust may be due to the novelty of COVID-19 and its treatments and the rapidity of vaccine development, it could also suggest that the politicization of the COVID-19 outbreak response and vaccine development is contributing to a mistrust of public health information in this vulnerable population [ 38 ].…”

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COVID-19 and Agricultural Workers: A Descriptive Study

Chicas

Xiuhtecutli

Houser

et al. 2021

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Agricultural workers, designated as “essential” at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, work in harsh labor conditions, and now have the added challenge of continuing to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to assess agricultural workers’ COVID-19 related history, employer-based safety measures, individual preventive practices, and COVID-19 vaccination uptake. A questionnaire study was conducted among agricultural workers in Central Florida about COVID-19 during the month of June 2020 and again in July 2021. Among 92 agricultural workers in June 2020, 47% were obese; 11% had had a COVID-19 nasal test; 87% were able to social distance at work and 34% reported employer provided face masks; 15% reported not willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine and 25% were unsure. 40% could self-isolate if they contracted COVID-19. In a follow-up visit in July 2021, 53% of participants reported receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Agricultural workers are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 due to existing health risk factors and lack of essential protective resources. Occupational health protections social safety net programs are urgently needed to prevent infections in vulnerable workers, and reduce community spread, and increase COVID-19 vaccination rates.

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COVID-19 and Agricultural Workers: A Descriptive Study

Chicas

Xiuhtecutli

Houser

et al. 2021

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…States (Halpern, 2020), and perhaps attitudes and behaviors associated with mask wearing have thus become signals of group affiliation by political leanings. Indeed, a recent study finds that people in the US with a right-leaning political orientation view both ethnic ingroups and outgroups more favorably when others do not wear a mask compared to when others do wear a mask (Boykin et al 2021) Sex and education were not associated with attitudes towards mask wearing…”

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What predicts attitudes about mask wearing?

Isch¹,

D²,

Ayers³

et al. 2021

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What explains differences in attitudes towards wearing protective face masks to limit the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus? We investigated potential drivers of attitudes about mask wearing as part of a longitudinal study during the COVID-19 pandemic (N-participants = 711, N-countries = 36), focusing on people’s perceptions and feelings about seeing others in their local communities wearing masks. We found that both stress about COVID-19 and the local incidence rate of COVID-19 predicted these attitudes, but perceived risk of infection did not. We also found that older and politically right-leaning respondents tended to have more negative attitudes towards wearing masks, while those with more concern for future consequences have more positive attitudes. Individuals with a greater vulnerability to COVID-19 as well as those with increased disease-related stress reported inconsistent emotional reactions to seeing people wear masks in public. For example, older participants were likely to either strongly agree or strongly disagree that seeing others wear masks led to feelings of anxiety, and some individuals with high disease-related stress reported greater feelings of anxiety, whereas others reported increased feelings of safety, when seeing people wear masks in public. These findings highlight some of the demographic, psychological, and environmental factors that were associated with respondents’ attitudes toward face masks and will be of use to health policy efforts aiming to increase mask wearing and other protective behaviors.

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“…Future research should also investigate how information dynamics can affect future anxiety, message fatigue, and willingness to remain vigilant in pandemic situations. The COVID-19 information environment has witnessed rapid and widespread dissemination of misinformation [76] and conspiracy theories [77] as well as politicization of healthprotective behaviors such as mask-wearing [78,79]. Being placed in an environment heavily dominated by confusing and conflicting information, the public may be rendered highly vulnerable to future anxiety and message fatigue [80], which could negatively contribute to willingness to remain vigilant.…”

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The Relationship between Future Anxiety Due to COVID-19 and Vigilance: The Role of Message Fatigue and Autonomy Satisfaction

Lee-Won

Jang

Kim

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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How does future anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic relate to people’s willingness to remain vigilant and adhere to preventive measures? We examined the mediating role of message fatigue and the moderating role of autonomy satisfaction in the relationship between future anxiety due to COVID-19 and willingness to remain vigilant. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with adults residing in the United States in June 2021 when numerous U.S. states re-opened following the CDC’s relaxed guidelines for fully vaccinated individuals. Our data showed that message fatigue mediated the relationship between future anxiety due to the pandemic and willingness to remain vigilant. The data further revealed that autonomy satisfaction significantly moderated the mediation. Namely, the role of message fatigue in the indirect relationship between future anxiety and willingness to remain vigilant was significant only among people low to moderate in autonomy satisfaction; its role in the indirect path was not significant for those high in autonomy satisfaction. Notably, independent of the mechanism involving message fatigue, future anxiety was directly and positively associated with willingness to remain vigilant regardless of the levels of autonomy satisfaction. Implications of these findings are discussed in light of psychological and behavioral responses to the current pandemic and policy directions.

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The Politicization of COVID-19

Abstract: How politics is impeding the U.S. pandemic response.

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COVID-19 and Agricultural Workers: A Descriptive Study

COVID-19 and Agricultural Workers: A Descriptive Study

What predicts attitudes about mask wearing?

The Relationship between Future Anxiety Due to COVID-19 and Vigilance: The Role of Message Fatigue and Autonomy Satisfaction

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